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CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 414, Issue -, Pages 248-252Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.09.031
Keywords
Saliva; Catecholamine metabolite; Gum-chewing; Saliva flow rate; LogD
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Background: The measurement of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) in saliva is useful for diagnosis of some psychiatric disorders. Gum-chewing increases salivation and is sometimes used to collect an adequate sample volume of saliva within a shorter time. However, the rate of saliva production may affect the salivary concentrations of these catecholamine metabolites. We clarified whether the salivary concentrations of HVA and MHPG are dependent on the rate of salivation. Methods: Stimulated saliva was collected from healthy volunteers chewing a tasteless and flavorless chewing gum after unstimulated saliva was collected without gum-chewing. The salivary HVA and MHPG concentrations were measured using newly developed LC/ESI-MS/MS methods. Results: The salivary HVA and MHPG concentrations were reproducibly measured when saliva was collected without gum-chewing (unstimulated saliva). In contrast, their salivary concentrations significantly decreased when salivation was stimulated by gum-chewing (p<0.05, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). Conclusions: Stimulated saliva by gum-chewing should be used with caution in the measurement of the catecholamine metabolites. LogD is a useful indicator, when predicting whether the salivary concentration of a compound is dependent on the rate of salivation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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